Pentagon’s FY2013 Budget -- Impacts On The Air Force

Robert F. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller), and Air Force Lt. Gen. Larry O. Spencer, director of force structure, resources and assessment for Joint Staff, brief reporters on President Barack Obama's fiscal 2013 defense budget proposal at the Pentagon, Feb. 13, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

AF 2013 Budget: Cuts While Keeping Agile, Flexible, Ready Force -- U.S. Air Force

WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Air Force released its fiscal 2013 budget Feb. 13 and stressed the need for difficult budgetary cuts to meet the new defense strategy while maintaining the service's agility, flexibility and readiness.

The Air Force is requesting $154.3 billion in the president's 2013 budget, a reduction of five percent from the $162.5 billion the service received in fiscal 2012.

"The Air Force made some very difficult choices," said Maj. Gen. Edward L. Bolton Jr., the deputy assistant secretary for budget. "But it was our priority to tightly align with the new strategy and also stay within the fiscal environment as a result of the realities we are facing economically."

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Pentagon’s FY2013 Budget And It's Impact On The Air Force

AF looks to trim procurement, R&D in 2013 -- Air Force Times
Air Force plans all its personnel cuts for first year -- Stars and Stripes
Pentagon plans to rework Boeing tanker deal -- Chicago Tribune
Proposed AF budget calls for construction cuts -- Air Force Times
Pentagon Budget Calls for Two Fewer of Lockheed’s F-35 Fighters -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Pentagon Takes $1.6 Billion From Lockheed F-35 in Biggest Cut -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Spending on aircraft to dip 12 percent in 2013 -- Air Force Times
Budget cuts pare F-35, V-22 programs -- Star Telegram
FY2013 Budget Plan: 12% Cut in Spending on Aircraft -- Defense News
Expensive tac-air stuff in the FY2013 budget proposal -- Eric Palmer Blog
USAF moves 98 F-35s out of 5 year procurement plan -- Eric Palmer Blog